Use incremental updates more often

[stockfish] / src / nnue / evaluate_nnue.cpp

diff --git a/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue.cpp b/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue.cpp
index d6ac9894cbbd4203303478c554a0cc5c1ce1ba78..b5dcd992fa3a70ad557f2ce2cfdd32f364e69700 100644 (file)
--- a/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue.cpp
+++ b/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 namespace Eval::NNUE {
 
-  uint32_t kpp_board_index[PIECE_NB][COLOR_NB] = {
+  const uint32_t kpp_board_index[PIECE_NB][COLOR_NB] = {
    // convention: W - us, B - them
    // viewed from other side, W and B are reversed
       { PS_NONE,     PS_NONE     },
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace Eval::NNUE {
   };
 
   // Input feature converter
-  AlignedPtr<FeatureTransformer> feature_transformer;
+  LargePagePtr<FeatureTransformer> feature_transformer;
 
   // Evaluation function
   AlignedPtr<Network> network;
@@ -70,14 +70,22 @@ namespace Eval::NNUE {
     std::memset(pointer.get(), 0, sizeof(T));
   }
 
+  template <typename T>
+  void Initialize(LargePagePtr<T>& pointer) {
+
+    static_assert(alignof(T) <= 4096, "aligned_large_pages_alloc() may fail for such a big alignment requirement of T");
+    pointer.reset(reinterpret_cast<T*>(aligned_large_pages_alloc(sizeof(T))));
+    std::memset(pointer.get(), 0, sizeof(T));
+  }
+
   // Read evaluation function parameters
   template <typename T>
-  bool ReadParameters(std::istream& stream, const AlignedPtr<T>& pointer) {
+  bool ReadParameters(std::istream& stream, T& reference) {
 
     std::uint32_t header;
     header = read_little_endian<std::uint32_t>(stream);
     if (!stream || header != T::GetHashValue()) return false;
-    return pointer->ReadParameters(stream);
+    return reference.ReadParameters(stream);
   }
 
   }  // namespace Detail
@@ -110,59 +118,29 @@ namespace Eval::NNUE {
     std::string architecture;
     if (!ReadHeader(stream, &hash_value, &architecture)) return false;
     if (hash_value != kHashValue) return false;
-    if (!Detail::ReadParameters(stream, feature_transformer)) return false;
-    if (!Detail::ReadParameters(stream, network)) return false;
+    if (!Detail::ReadParameters(stream, *feature_transformer)) return false;
+    if (!Detail::ReadParameters(stream, *network)) return false;
     return stream && stream.peek() == std::ios::traits_type::eof();
   }
 
-  // Proceed with the difference calculation if possible
-  static void UpdateAccumulatorIfPossible(const Position& pos) {
-
-    feature_transformer->UpdateAccumulatorIfPossible(pos);
-  }
-
-  // Calculate the evaluation value
-  static Value ComputeScore(const Position& pos, bool refresh) {
-
-    auto& accumulator = pos.state()->accumulator;
-    if (!refresh && accumulator.computed_score) {
-      return accumulator.score;
-    }
+  // Evaluation function. Perform differential calculation.
+  Value evaluate(const Position& pos) {
 
     alignas(kCacheLineSize) TransformedFeatureType
         transformed_features[FeatureTransformer::kBufferSize];
-    feature_transformer->Transform(pos, transformed_features, refresh);
+    feature_transformer->Transform(pos, transformed_features);
     alignas(kCacheLineSize) char buffer[Network::kBufferSize];
     const auto output = network->Propagate(transformed_features, buffer);
 
-    auto score = static_cast<Value>(output[0] / FV_SCALE);
-
-    accumulator.score = score;
-    accumulator.computed_score = true;
-    return accumulator.score;
+    return static_cast<Value>(output[0] / FV_SCALE);
   }
 
   // Load eval, from a file stream or a memory stream
-  bool load_eval(std::string streamName, std::istream& stream) {
+  bool load_eval(std::string name, std::istream& stream) {
 
     Initialize();
-    fileName = streamName;
+    fileName = name;
     return ReadParameters(stream);
   }
 
-  // Evaluation function. Perform differential calculation.
-  Value evaluate(const Position& pos) {
-    return ComputeScore(pos, false);
-  }
-
-  // Evaluation function. Perform full calculation.
-  Value compute_eval(const Position& pos) {
-    return ComputeScore(pos, true);
-  }
-
-  // Proceed with the difference calculation if possible
-  void update_eval(const Position& pos) {
-    UpdateAccumulatorIfPossible(pos);
-  }
-
 } // namespace Eval::NNUE